Although some people refer to a “family crest” and a “coat of arms” interchangeably, there is a difference. A crest is an element or part of a coat of arms, but not the entire arms. On a ...

It may not be the most dramatic scandal facing Donald Trump this week, but the US president has been accused of branding his US commercial properties with a stolen coat of arms.

What's my coat of arms? It's unlikely that you will have a specific coat of arms, as in an original family coat of arms that is for your surname and passed down from dad to son.

Donald Trump’s company is using a coat of arms that belongs to a different family, it has been claimed. The Trump organisation is reportedly using the crest, which sports three lions and two ...

After discovering that her ancestor had invented his own coat of arms in the 16th century, Mattie Kahn enlisted jeweler Briony Raymond to turn the family crest into a modern heirloom.

The coat of arms representing fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Beaumont Anthony Galante. Photo provided by the Diocese of Beaumont The diocese crest of former Bishop Curtis Guillory is pictured.

So seriously that one must register a coat-of-arms (which applies only to an individual, not a family), and the cost of registration increases as you add various elements (like that helmet).

In Great Britain, the granting of a coat of arms to a family is a significant, respected process. Prominent families of "eminence or good standing in national or local life" must appeal to the ...

The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has just spent £37,000 of taxpayers’ money having his portrait painted, and having a coat of arms drawn up. I am sure that in these straitened ...

BOTH Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton now have their own coat of arms after marrying into the royal family. But what is the difference between the two and how does the tradition work?